UP COMING EVENTS
HOSTING POETRY PROSE AND PIZZA OPEN MIC JULY 16TH 2026
PAST EVENTS
HOSTING POETRY, PROSE AND PIZZA OPEN MIC APRIL 2026
HOSTING POETRY, PROSE AND PIZZA OPEN MIC JAN 2026
THE NEW PERMANENT HOST OF POETRY, PROSE AND PIZZA OPEN MIC OCT 2025
KWEEN YAKINI GIVES AN ENGAGING POETRY PERFORMANCE AT THE HAMPTON STORYTELLING FESTIVAL ON JULY 19TH, 2025 AT THE HAMPTON MUSEUM ~ WITH MISS SHELIA ARNOLD
CO-HOSTING OPEN MIC 15TH ANNIVERSARY
LOCAL AUTHORS EXPO BOOK SIGNING
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH POET FEATURE
TELLING OUR STORIES BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM 2025
POETRY, PROSE AND PIZZA OPEN MIC HOST
POETRY STORYTELLING FEATURE
JUNETEENTH POETRY FEATURE
POETRY FEATURE PERFORMANCE MARCH 2024
HONORING THE ANCESTORS BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM FEB 2024
RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SIGNING
BOOK EXCHANGE BOOK SIGNING
POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA ANTHOLOGY MAY 2023
JUNETEENTH AND BLACK MUSIC HISTORY PROGRAM 2023
A POETIC EXPLORATION OF BLACK MUSIC FEB 2023
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC MONTH CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH
June 19, 2022, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
Sponsored by: Virginia Beach History Museums & Virginia Beach Arts
TRACING BLACK MUSIC TO THE ROOTS: BOOK RELEASE
April 23, 2022, Hosting & Performing Artist Kween Yakini
HIDDEN HISTORY: THE BANJO
June 19, 2021, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
Sponsored by: Virginia Beach Public Library, Virginia Beach Arts,
& The Zeiders American Dream Theater
Rhymes & Rhythm with Kween Yakini
Sponsored by the Suffolk Library
Online event June 14, 2021
READ WRITE LOCAL AUTHOR FAIR
July 2020, Online Event , Sponsored by the Slover Library
LIFT EVERY VOICE: BLACK MUSICALITY
February 19, 2021, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
Sponsored by: The Suffolk Library – Online Event
OPEN YOUR EYES
October 16, 2020, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
Sponsored by: The Suffolk Library – Online Event
AFROMANIA
Hosted By: The Tidewater African Cultural Alliance
February 29th, 2020, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
MACARTHUR MALL
THE 400th COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST AFRICAN LANDING CONCERT AT THE HAMPTON COLISEUM
August 24th, 2019, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
Sponsored by: The City Of Hampton
A CASUAL EVENING OF POETRY AND JAZZ
Hosted By: NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY
February 2018 & 2019 Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
AMERICAN EVOLUTION STORY HOUR
Sponsored By: ZEIDERS AMERICAN THEATER
May 3, 2019, Featured Performance by Kween Yakini
I treasure every experience no matter how big or small, and I always give it 100%
The Poetry Kween 